Cryptography in the Database Published!

Cryptography in the Database is out. If you're repsonsible for securing sensitive information in a database, then I wrote this book for you. It's the book that I wish I'd had when I was first put in charge of securing data.

Stephen Northcutt, in his review, mentioned that the only thing that drove him crazy was my claim that Java 1.4.2 doesn't support hardware security modules. It is more accurate to say that while Java 1.4.2 does not support HSMs natively, many HSM vendors include Java cryptographic providers that enable transparent calls to the HSM from within Java.

Dedication

My grandfather had a wonderful shop in his basement. To me, it was a place of mystery and fascination, and I would spend hours wandering through it, looking at all the tools and projects in various states of completion. Not being much of a wood worker, I've never had the need for such a shop (not to mention that I lack a basement), but recently it occurs to me that my gear, computers, and software are my shop. This site is for my late grandfather and everyone else who takes personal pride in carefully executed work.